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Vitamin D disrupts NS1-TUFM interaction to suppress pathogenic mitophagy in RSV-induced mitochondrial injury of bronchial epithelial cells
Li Peng, Yao Liu, Xiaofang Ding, Tuhong Yang, Lili Zhong, Fangcai Li
J. Microbiol. 2026;64(1):e2508009.   Published online January 31, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71150/jm.2508009
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This study aims to examine the mechanism by which vitamin D mitigates bronchiolitis caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) through the regulation of RSV nonstructural protein 1 (NS1)-TUFM-mediated mitophagy in bronchial epithelial cells. Clinical serum and PBMC samples from RSV-infected children and healthy controls were analyzed for vitamin D, mitochondrial DNA, mitophagy markers (LC3, ATG5, VDAC1, TOMM20, and COXIV), TUFM, and inflammatory cytokines (IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-α). In vitro, human bronchial epithelial cells Beas-2B were transfected with RSV-NS1 plasmid and TUFM silencing or overexpression constructs. Vitamin D (0.1–10 μM) was administered to evaluate mitophagy inhibition using Western blot, immunofluorescence, and JC-1 staining. NS1-TUFM interaction was confirmed by co-immunoprecipitation. RSV-positive patients exhibited reduced serum vitamin D, elevated TUFM and mitophagy markers, impaired mitochondrial mass, and increased inflammation. Vitamin D inversely correlated with LC3 and TUFM. RSV-NS1 overexpression induced mitochondrial translocation of NS1, TUFM-dependent mitophagy activation, and mitochondrial dysfunction (JC-1 depolarization). Vitamin D (10 μM) suppressed mitophagy by redistributing NS1 to the cytosol and reducing mitochondrial TUFM. TUFM overexpression abolished the protective effects of vitamin D on mitophagy and inflammation. In conclusion, vitamin D inhibits mitophagy in bronchial epithelial cells infected with RSV by disrupting NS1-TUFM interaction, suggesting that the vitamin D-TUFM axis may serve as a potential therapeutic target.

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Spot 42 RNA regulates putrescine catabolism in Escherichia coli by controlling the expression of puuE at the post-transcription level
Xin Sun , Ruyan Li , Guochen Wan , Wanli Peng , Shuangjun Lin , Zixin Deng , Rubing Liang
J. Microbiol. 2021;59(2):175-185.   Published online February 1, 2021
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12275-021-0421-4
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Putrescine, a typical polyamine compound important for cell growth and stress resistance, can be utilized as an energy source. However, the regulation of its catabolism is unclear. Here the small RNA (sRNA) Spot 42, an essential regulator of carbon catabolite repression (CCR), was confirmed to participate in the post-transcriptional regulation of putrescine catabolism in Escherichia coli. Its encoding gene spf exclusively exists in the γ-proteobacteria and contains specific binding sites to the 5􍿁-untranslated regions of the puuE gene, which encodes transaminase in the glutamylated putrescine pathway of putrescine catabolism converting γ-aminobutyrate (GABA) into succinate semialdehyde (SSA). The transcription of the spf gene was induced by glucose, inhibited by putrescine, and unaffected by PuuR, the repressor of puu genes. Excess Spot 42 repressed the expression of PuuE significantly in an antisense mechanism through the direct and specific base-pairing between the 51–57 nt of Spot 42 and the 5􍿁- UTR of puuE. Interestingly, Spot 42 mainly influenced the stability of the puuCBE transcript. This work revealed the regulatory role of Spot 42 in putrescine catabolism, in the switch between favorable and non-favorable carbon source utilization, and in the balance of metabolism of carbon and nitrogen sources.

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